Pvt. Horace M. Rundell

Pvt. Horace M. Rundell

I Co.        4th Mo. Inf.

   Enlisted 1861
   Discharged 1866.

       From the 1910 Census
Name - Horace Rundell
Aged - 68 Years
Born - Illinois
Home in 1910 - 2nd Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Marital Status - Widowed

  From the Post #49 files
   Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Nov. 7, 1922.

       Obit; Feb. 26, 1923 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
   Horace M. Rundell, born in Upper Alton, Ill., May 22, 1841, died yesterday afternoon following an illness of one week.  he was a Civil war veteran and enlisted in the 10th Cavalry in 1861.  He was discharged in 1866.  he was a member of the Veteran post, No. 49.
   He is survived by a daughter Mrs. Eugene Richoz of this city, with whom he resided, a son, Robert R. Rundell of Alton, Ill.  Also fourteen grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
   Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Norris chapel; burial will be at Bluff City cemetery.
      Note;
    The obit lists 10 Cav. with no State.   No listing for him in the 10th Ill. Cav.

       From Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index
Name - Horace M. Rundell
Birth Date - My 22, 1843 in Upper Alton, Ill.
Died - Feb. 25, 1923 in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Engineer
Race - White
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Spouse - Mary Rundell

       From the Find-A-Grave Index
Name - Horace M. Rundell
Birth Date - May 22, 1841 in Upper Alton, Madison Co., Ill.
Died - Feb. 25, 1923 in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Cemetery - Bluff City Cemetery at Elgin, Cook Co., Ill.
Spouse - Mary Jane Rundell

Used with permission Dan Mallett

Many members of Post #49 sewed watch faces to their ribbons to show they were from Elgin.